On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 11:16:46AM +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Sat, 2013-03-16 at 09:50 +0000, John Rigg wrote: > > ... check for phase errors ... on hardware mixing consoles ... > > I'm doing it too. Mono compatibility seems to be less important for the > Linux community.
There's possibly a lack of awareness. Anyone who mixes sound as a job (and wants to keep it) knows it's important to check in mono. Even if it will only be played back in stereo a phase reversal on one side will cancel low frequency centre-panned signals when listening between the speakers. Judging by the comments I hear from mastering engineers about dimwits putting a phase reversed bass or kick drum in the mix and not noticing, it isn't just a problem in the Linux audio community. > My hardware mixing console doesn't provide a mono switch and since I > won't mis-adjust the pan pots I rout it mono by subgroups. A lot of mixing consoles don't provide a mono switch, but it's usually possible to work around it with sub groups. I still have to work out a convenient method for mono checking in Ardour 3. John _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-dev
